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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMaltaFinlandParaguay
2733875,1665,366
2743905,1765,473
2753935,1885,579
2763965,2015,683
2783985,2135,786
2794015,2285,886
2804045,2465,984
2814055,2666,080
2824065,2896,173
2834095,3136,264
2854125,3396,352
2864145,3636,438
2874165,3886,522
2884205,4146,605
2894265,4396,688
2904355,4636,769
2914455,4816,850
2914555,4956,930
2924685,5087,012
2934855,5167,095
2945045,5227,179
2945165,5317,263
2955185,5427,348
2955305,5567,432

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.